changes in the country’s health care system. The goal of the Affordable Care Act is reduction of the number of uninsured individuals and health care expenses. Some call the reform unconstitutional‚ some fear inefficient implementation will lead to the opposite of the anticipated health care cost reduction. According to Kaiser Health Tracking Poll 29% of Americans have very unfavorable opinion of the health reform law compared to only 18% with very favorable attitude (See Health Data‚ 2010-2011). The
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University of Phoenix Material Health Insurance Matrix Origin: When was the model first used? What kind of payment system is used‚ such as prospective‚ retrospective‚ or concurrent? Who pays for care? What is the access structure‚ such as gatekeeper‚ open-access‚ and so forth? How does the model affect patients? Include pros and cons. How does the model affect providers? Include pros and cons. Indemnity In 1932 the American Medical Association (AMA) adopted a strong position against
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Medicare Medicare was established in 1965 to guarantee elderly Americans access to quality health care regardless of their financial circumstances. Medicare spends more than $200 billion a year and it will increase‚ partly because greater numbers of Americans will become eligible for coverage when the baby boomers begin to turn sixty-five after 2010. According to the article The Political Economy of Medicare by Bruce C. Vladeck‚ to understand the political economy of Medicare it is necessary
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their employees with health benefits. Obamabcare will also affect Medicare and Medicaid with budget cuts of around $ 716‚000‚000‚ a tax increase‚ and also increase the cost of medications. Health insurance exchange will be set up to try to organize the programs and offer different choices for health care plans. Overall‚ Obamacare will affect people that already have insurance by making their costs continue to rise. Obamacare is estimated to make the cost of insurance skyrocket‚ but no one
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Medicare is insurance under the Social Security system insuring a vast majority of people over the age of 65. Majority of those on Medicare also have medigap policy‚ a supplemental private insurance. According to Hillier‚ S. & Barrow‚ G.M.‚ “Such policies are sold by private companies to help cover the “gaps” in health-care protection for which Medicare does not provide.” The required core benefits of the medigap policy include: Daily Medicare co-payment of $191 for hospital days 61 through 90‚ and
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1. How did the Affordable Care Act (ACA) attempt to expand access to health insurance? (Kaiser Family Foundation Summary of the ACA handout and the NY Times article). According to the (Kaiser Family Foundation Summary of the ACA handout and the NY Times article) Medicaid is expanding where more Americans will be eligible for medicaid‚ to all low income people who are under the age 65‚ so mostly adults‚ pregnant women‚ children‚ parents and etc. to get the care they need so that for example a family
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HIPAA is Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. It is a federal act with guidelines for standardizing the electronic data interchange of administrative and financial transactions‚ exposing fraud and abuse‚ and protecting PHI. This law is designed to protect people’s private health information‚ to ensure health insurance coverage for workers and their families when they change or lose their jobs‚ uncover fraud and abuse‚ and create standards for electronic transmission of healthcare
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INTRODUCTION Health Insurance costs had increased tremendously during the Bush Administration (2000-2008). The premiums had been doubled‚ and risen faster than wages. Moreover‚ increased co-pay and deductibles threatened access to care. Many insurance plans were also limited‚ only allowing certain amount of doctor visits or hospital days. And over half of all personal bankruptcies were due to medical bills. A changed needed to be made. As a result of increased medical costs‚ about 45 million Americans
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Do We Need National Health Insurance? For some time now‚ Americans have been wanting to switch to a universal health care system. A healthcare system where all Americans will have access to the proper health care that is affordable and fits their needs. Some solutions that can be implemented are replacing for-profit insurance companies‚ reforming the health care system‚ and hiring insurance companies that have slow cost growths. These are excellent solutions because there are a substantial number
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